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Most Landlords Avoid Voucher Tenants. These Miami Sisters Are Doing the Opposite.

Most Landlords Avoid Voucher Tenants. These Miami Sisters Are Doing the Opposite.

Just blocks away from the booming luxury developments of the Miami Design District, sisters Sabine Montas and Myrna Lallemand Coupet are working to create something different in Little Haiti — affordable housing rooted in community pride. The Haitian-born sisters, alongside their business partner Kenly Silencieux, own 11 rental units throughout

Here’s How Unhoused Residents Can qualify for Miami-Dade County’s New $10M Homeless Shelter

Here’s How Unhoused Residents Can qualify for Miami-Dade County’s New $10M Homeless Shelter

Amid Miami’s deepening housing crisis, the Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust announced major plans to expand shelter access for unhoused residents — while also outlining how people in need can enroll in the new services. The shelter is only available to people who are verified homeless, which means they have

Inside the $2M Affordable Housing Company She Built from the Ground Up

Inside the $2M Affordable Housing Company She Built from the Ground Up

Dionnedria Robertson makes about $30,000 per year as an elementary school teacher and said she cannot afford a one-bedroom apartment in a decent Miami neighborhood. She jumped on the first opportunity when she learned about co-living, a concept where landlords — such as affordable housing investor Donnise Webb